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NON-CIRClJbATING
Volume 24, Number 14 March 11, 1996
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:J L/ -IV VCU Voice
A Publicationfor PaculJ:y and Staff on Virginia Commonwealth University's Academic and Medical CoUege of Virginia Campuses
University
Celebrates
NCAABid
Smith, Hopkins
Earn CAA Honors;
VCU Prepares to
Host Tournament
by Kyra Scarton Newman
editor
Ending an II-year hiatus,
the Virginia Commonwealth
University men 's basketball
team is returning to the NCAA
Tournament after winning its
first Colonial Athletic Asso­ciation
Tournament March 4.
The tournament champion­ship
follows the Rams' regular­season
title with a 14-2 league
record in its debut year with
the CAA. VCU earned the
automatic bid to the NCAA
Tournament with a 46-43 vic­tory
over UNC-Wilmington in
the league tournament at the
Richmond Coli seum.
The title also comes at an
unprecedented moment for
VCU men's basketball and the
university's athletics program.
In late February, the league
named VCU coach Sonny
Smith as Coach-of· the-Year,
wi th power forward Bernard
Hopkins earning Player-of­the-
Year honors. And VCU
prepares to host the Eastern
Region First and Second
Round games of the NCAA
Tournament at the Richmond
Coliseum March 15 and 17.
"I can't think of a more
exciting time to be affi liated
wi th the VCU men's basket­ball
program," said Richard L.
Sander, direc tor of athletics.
"When we entered the Colo­nial
Athletic Association this
year, we had high aspirations
for our players, who really
exceeded the mark."
As he entered his seventh
year at VCU this season,
Smith knew he had a special
team with the pote ntial to re­turn
the Rams to the NCAA
Please see NCAA, page 2
vcu to Break Ground for Siegel Center
by Kyra Scarton Newman
editor
Virginia Commonwealth University
wjIJ break ground this month for the
Stuan C. Siegel Center, the university's
new athletics and convocation facility
scheduled to open in July 1998.
"This is the culmination of a lot of
hard work by many individuals across
the university," said Richard L. Sander,
director of athletics.
"The Siegel Center is going to
change the whole culture at this univer­sity
by providing another focus for
students, faculty, alumni and athletes,"
he added. "Never before has VCU de­veloped
such a top-of-the-Iine facility
that offers first-class services for both
athletics and student affairs. It will
change the wbole lifestyle of VCU."
When completed, the building will
provide about 170,000 square feet for
campus activities, including home-court
advantage for the women's basketball
team, the volleyball team and some
men's basketball games. The facility
also will provide a cutting-edge venue
for hosting top-name speakers, career
fairs, academic convocations and other
special events. The facility will support
the growing national prominence of
both VCU's academic and athletic pro­grams,
with many Siegel Center events
targeted at local, regional and even na­tional
audiences.
Within five years of its opening, the
Center seal
games, The university's new convocation and recreation facility is expected to host more
than 150 activities anni«Jlly.
Siegel Center is expected to host more
than 150 activities annually, with an
estimated 500,000 attendees, The facil­ity
will seat 7 ,500 fans for basketball
games, creating an environment that
brings play close to the stands.
"} think (he facility design is first­rate,"
Sander said. "We're creating an
arena that brings the action right to the
audience, who will find our players'
enthusiasm contagious. It's going to be
intimate for VCU players and fans -
and intimidating for our opponents."
Poole & Kent of Silver Spring, Md.,
has been selected as the general contrac­tor
for the project. The facility was
designed by Richmond's Marcellus
Wright Cox & Smith. Construction and
equipment costs for the facility are ex­pected
to total $29 million. The Siegel
Center will be built at the northwest
corner of Broad and Harrison streets on
VCU's academic campus, with a park­ing
deck to be built across Broad Street.
Henry G. Rhone, vice provost for
Please see CENTER, page 2
New Trials at VCU May Change Cancer Treatment
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Dr. Harry D. Bear, chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, is the
national chair of the new pre-operative chemotherapy tria/for
breast-cancerpatien!s.
Pre-operative Chemotherapy Shows
Promise, More Breast Conservation
by Tyler Norman
University News Services
B Successful research may help doctors move away from per-
] forming radical mastectomies on patients, changing breast-cancer
treatment in the coming years. New national trials funded by the
National Cancer Institute are expected to determine whether pre­operative
chemotherapy like the drug Taxotere not only increases
survival of breast-cancer patients, but also reduces the extent of
surgery required. Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical
College of Virginia campus is one of the sites of these tri als.
"What we're hoping," said Dr. Harry D. Bear, chair of
MCV's Division of Surgical Oncology and national chair of the
new pre-operative chemotherapy trial, "is that these drug trials
will make surgery less ex tensive or even unnecessary one day.
Please see BEAR, page 2
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P. o. BOX 842033
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NON-CIRClJbATING
Volume 24, Number 14 March 11, 1996
~rx,c
Vc,u
3/r 6-7/
:J L/ -IV VCU Voice
A Publicationfor PaculJ:y and Staff on Virginia Commonwealth University's Academic and Medical CoUege of Virginia Campuses
University
Celebrates
NCAABid
Smith, Hopkins
Earn CAA Honors;
VCU Prepares to
Host Tournament
by Kyra Scarton Newman
editor
Ending an II-year hiatus,
the Virginia Commonwealth
University men 's basketball
team is returning to the NCAA
Tournament after winning its
first Colonial Athletic Asso­ciation
Tournament March 4.
The tournament champion­ship
follows the Rams' regular­season
title with a 14-2 league
record in its debut year with
the CAA. VCU earned the
automatic bid to the NCAA
Tournament with a 46-43 vic­tory
over UNC-Wilmington in
the league tournament at the
Richmond Coli seum.
The title also comes at an
unprecedented moment for
VCU men's basketball and the
university's athletics program.
In late February, the league
named VCU coach Sonny
Smith as Coach-of· the-Year,
wi th power forward Bernard
Hopkins earning Player-of­the-
Year honors. And VCU
prepares to host the Eastern
Region First and Second
Round games of the NCAA
Tournament at the Richmond
Coliseum March 15 and 17.
"I can't think of a more
exciting time to be affi liated
wi th the VCU men's basket­ball
program" said Richard L.
Sander, direc tor of athletics.
"When we entered the Colo­nial
Athletic Association this
year, we had high aspirations
for our players, who really
exceeded the mark."
As he entered his seventh
year at VCU this season,
Smith knew he had a special
team with the pote ntial to re­turn
the Rams to the NCAA
Please see NCAA, page 2
vcu to Break Ground for Siegel Center
by Kyra Scarton Newman
editor
Virginia Commonwealth University
wjIJ break ground this month for the
Stuan C. Siegel Center, the university's
new athletics and convocation facility
scheduled to open in July 1998.
"This is the culmination of a lot of
hard work by many individuals across
the university" said Richard L. Sander,
director of athletics.
"The Siegel Center is going to
change the whole culture at this univer­sity
by providing another focus for
students, faculty, alumni and athletes"
he added. "Never before has VCU de­veloped
such a top-of-the-Iine facility
that offers first-class services for both
athletics and student affairs. It will
change the wbole lifestyle of VCU."
When completed, the building will
provide about 170,000 square feet for
campus activities, including home-court
advantage for the women's basketball
team, the volleyball team and some
men's basketball games. The facility
also will provide a cutting-edge venue
for hosting top-name speakers, career
fairs, academic convocations and other
special events. The facility will support
the growing national prominence of
both VCU's academic and athletic pro­grams,
with many Siegel Center events
targeted at local, regional and even na­tional
audiences.
Within five years of its opening, the
Center seal
games, The university's new convocation and recreation facility is expected to host more
than 150 activities anni«Jlly.
Siegel Center is expected to host more
than 150 activities annually, with an
estimated 500,000 attendees, The facil­ity
will seat 7 ,500 fans for basketball
games, creating an environment that
brings play close to the stands.
"} think (he facility design is first­rate"
Sander said. "We're creating an
arena that brings the action right to the
audience, who will find our players'
enthusiasm contagious. It's going to be
intimate for VCU players and fans -
and intimidating for our opponents."
Poole & Kent of Silver Spring, Md.,
has been selected as the general contrac­tor
for the project. The facility was
designed by Richmond's Marcellus
Wright Cox & Smith. Construction and
equipment costs for the facility are ex­pected
to total $29 million. The Siegel
Center will be built at the northwest
corner of Broad and Harrison streets on
VCU's academic campus, with a park­ing
deck to be built across Broad Street.
Henry G. Rhone, vice provost for
Please see CENTER, page 2
New Trials at VCU May Change Cancer Treatment
Ii I ,-~.;..'. ,,,
I' 1
Dr. Harry D. Bear, chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology, is the
national chair of the new pre-operative chemotherapy tria/for
breast-cancerpatien!s.
Pre-operative Chemotherapy Shows
Promise, More Breast Conservation
by Tyler Norman
University News Services
B Successful research may help doctors move away from per-
] forming radical mastectomies on patients, changing breast-cancer
treatment in the coming years. New national trials funded by the
National Cancer Institute are expected to determine whether pre­operative
chemotherapy like the drug Taxotere not only increases
survival of breast-cancer patients, but also reduces the extent of
surgery required. Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical
College of Virginia campus is one of the sites of these tri als.
"What we're hoping" said Dr. Harry D. Bear, chair of
MCV's Division of Surgical Oncology and national chair of the
new pre-operative chemotherapy trial, "is that these drug trials
will make surgery less ex tensive or even unnecessary one day.
Please see BEAR, page 2
J OVA NOVIC , JOHN
U l $: GOVERNMENT
P. o. BOX 842033
S
DOC UMEN TS
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